The signup price is the renewal price
SiteGround's biggest complaint is renewal shock, $2.99/month turning into $17.99/month after year one. Our price never changes. What you sign up at is what you keep paying.
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Looking at SiteGround? No teaser prices. No renewal shock.
SiteGround's intro price is great. Their renewal price is the problem. WP Tango charges the same on day one as on day 1,000, with backups every 4 hours, real US engineers and faster servers.
In short
WP Tango is a managed WordPress hosting alternative to SiteGround. Plans start at $8/month on 12-month billing, with the renewal price matching the signup price for that term, and every plan includes LiteSpeed Enterprise, Redis object caching, unlimited PHP workers, unmetered visitors, staging, SSH and WP-CLI, backups every 4 hours kept 30 days, and free engineer-led migration from SiteGround, with US engineers in Phoenix, Arizona.
Last updated September 2026
Head to head
WP Tango vs SiteGround
The features that matter, side by side. Based on each host's published plans and pricing as of 2026.
| Feature | WP Tango | SiteGround |
|---|---|---|
Starting price SiteGround's $2.99/month StartUp rate requires a 12-month prepayment. Month-to-month StartUp is $24.99/month. | $4/month (12-month billing) | $2.99/month (12-month prepay) |
Renewal price SiteGround renews StartUp at $17.99/month, prepaid for 12 months. | $4/month (no change, ever) | $17.99/month and up |
Month-to-month price SiteGround's own rate table, StartUp: $24.99 for a 1-month term. | $5/month | $24.99/month |
Money-back guarantee | 30 days | 30 days |
Free site migrations Engineers do the move for you with zero downtime. | Every plan | Migrator plugin (self-serve) |
Backups every 4 hours SiteGround runs daily backups; hourly is a paid add-on there too. | ||
Backup retention | 30 days | Up to 30 days |
Staging on every plan | Higher tiers only | |
LiteSpeed + Redis caching | ||
Web Application Firewall (WAF) | Included | Included |
Visitor limits per plan SiteGround caps monthly visits on every plan. We don't. | Unmetered | Capped per plan |
WP-CLI, SSH & SFTP on every plan | Higher tiers only | |
Support | US engineers, 24/7 | 24/7 chat & tickets |
Average TTFB (US) SiteGround figure: hostingstep.com 2025 full-year benchmark (Pingdom, 19 US locations, 525,600 tests). | ~124 ms | 632 ms |
Sourced from SiteGround's public pricing and documentation. Spot a mistake? Let us know.
The SiteGround alternative
The reasons people leave SiteGround for us.
Most of it comes down to honest pricing, real speed, and not having to pay extra for the basics.
Backups every 4 hours, no add-on
SiteGround runs daily backups; hourly costs extra. We snapshot every 4 hours on every plan, kept for 30 days, restorable with one click. Hourly snapshots are $10/month, $8/month on 12 months.
Staging and dev tools on every plan
SiteGround locks staging, SSH and WP-CLI behind their higher tiers. We include all of them on every plan, even the entry plan.
No monthly visitor caps
SiteGround caps monthly visits per plan. Ours are unmetered, so a traffic spike doesn't suspend your site or trigger an upgrade nudge.
Faster server response
High-frequency AMD Ryzen CPUs (boosting over 5 GHz) with LiteSpeed and Redis pre-tuned, low-density servers. SiteGround's 2025 full-year average TTFB was 632 ms across 19 US Pingdom locations (hostingstep.com) - one of the slowest they tested. Our own TTFB on wptango.com sits around 124 ms.
Engineers do the migration for you
SiteGround gives you a migrator plugin. We assign an engineer who moves your site, tests it on staging, and coordinates the DNS cutover with you.
Managed WordPress hosting
Plans. Everything included.
Same fast platform, same US engineers, no server work. Pick the size that fits; the renewal price is the signup price.
Accepted payment methods
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No visit caps
No monthly visit number to stay under, and no charge for a busy week.
No bandwidth overage
Bandwidth is unmetered on every plan, so a traffic spike is not a line item.
No renewal price hikes
The rate you sign up at is the rate you renew at, on every term.
No charge for the basics
SSL, staging, migration and backups are included, not sold separately.
Included with Lite
Managed WordPress
Performance and caching
Automatic WordPress core updates
WordPress core updates are applied and checked for you.
Automatic backups and restore
Off-site backups every 4 hours, retained for 30 days, with one-click restore.
Free WordPress migrations
Our engineers move your existing WordPress sites at no extra cost.
Free SSL certificates
HTTPS certificates are installed and renewed automatically for every domain.
SMTP2GO email relay
Send form submissions, password resets and order emails. Includes 2,000 emails per month.
24/7 US-based support
WordPress engineers are available around the clock for hosting support.
LiteSpeed Enterprise page caching
Preconfigured WordPress page caching serves saved pages without rebuilding them for every visit.
Redis object caching
Caches repeated database queries to speed up dynamic and logged-in pages.
Per-site PHP version control
Choose a PHP version for each site and switch it from your hosting panel.
FlyingPress performance plugin
A licensed WordPress optimization plugin, included and configured for your site.
WooCommerce and EDD support
Hosting configured for WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads stores.
WordPress database optimization
Database settings are tuned for WordPress queries and plugin workloads.
Staging and developer tools
Security and protection
Staging environments
Create a separate copy of your live site to test plugins, themes and updates before publishing changes.
SSH and SFTP access
Secure command-line access and file transfers are available on every plan.
WP-CLI
Manage WordPress installations, plugins and maintenance tasks from the command line.
Site collaborators
Give developers, designers and clients their own access rather than sharing your login.
One-click WordPress login
Open wp-admin directly from your hosting panel.
Site and PHP error logs
View errors in your hosting panel to investigate site and plugin issues.
GitHub deployments
Deploy your WordPress code from a GitHub repository.
Site isolation
Each site runs in its own protected environment with isolated files and databases.
Web application firewall
Filters malicious requests and common WordPress attacks before they reach your site.
Malware scanning and protection
Imunify360 scans site files and protects against malicious code.
Brute-force login protection
Repeated failed login attempts are blocked automatically.
Account two-factor authentication
Protect your hosting account with an additional sign-in verification step.
DDoS protection
Network-level filtering helps block traffic floods before they reach your site.
Switching from SiteGround, made simple.
What our migrations team gets asked most often.